Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Full reference: J. Pečar. 1986. Upper Carboniferous and Permian mesolobid chonetacean brachiopods of Karavanke Mountains (Yugoslavia) and Carnian Alps (Italy). Geologija 28/29:9-53
Parent taxon: Rugosochonetidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Chonetinellinae, Delepineinae, Lamellosiinae, Plicochonetinae, Quinquenellinae, Riosanetinae, Rugosochonetinae, Striochonetinae, Svalbardiinae, Undulellinae
Subtaxa: Capillomesolobus Hexigtenichonetes Mesolobus Tenuichonetes Zhexichonetes
Type: Capillomesolobus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (32 collections), India (6), Japan (5), Nepal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (4), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Bolivia (2), Italy (1), Slovenia (3), United States (41: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 97 collections including 107 occurrences